New Delhi:
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today announced a controversial new plan to stem the tide of illegal migrants entering the country. Issued with a warning, Sunak said that those entering the UK illegally would not be allowed to apply for asylum.
“If you come here illegally, you cannot apply for asylum. You cannot benefit from our modern slavery protections. You cannot make false human rights claims and you cannot can stay,” Rishi Sunak wrote on Twitter.
“We will detain people who come here illegally and then deport them after a few weeks, or go to their home country if it is safe to do so. Or to a Safe Third Country like Rwanda and another when you are deported you will be banned as it is in the US and Australia never to return to our country,” he added.
If you came to the UK illegally:
➡️ You cannot apply for asylum
➡️ You cannot benefit from our modern slavery protections
➡️ You can’t make fake human rights claims
➡️ You can’t stay pic.twitter.com/026oSvKoJZ
– Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) March 7, 2023
Called the ‘illegal migration bill’, the bill would crack down on people crossing the English Channel in small boats.
Under the draft bill, interior minister Suella Braverman would be given the new legal mandate to deport all migrants who enter illegally, such as across the English Channel, overriding their other rights in UK and European human rights law.
Rishi Sunak added: “The current situation is neither ethical nor sustainable. It cannot continue.”
“And it is unfair to those who need our help most, but cannot get it because our asylum system is overwhelmed by people traveling illegally across the strait,” he said. sea”.
If you came to the UK illegally, you will not be able to make late claims and try to prevent your deportation.
You will be removed in a few weeks, either to your home country if it’s safe or to a safe third country like Rwanda. pic.twitter.com/8NFaa4DbwT
– Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) March 7, 2023
More than 45,000 migrants reached England’s south-east coast in small boats last year – a 60 per cent annual increase on a dangerous route that has become popular every year since 2018.
Human rights groups and opposition parties have criticized the new law, saying the plan is not viable and unfairly blaming vulnerable refugees.
The UK has been trying to implement deportation orders, last year introducing a program to move some asylum seekers to Rwanda. However, no flights to Rwanda have yet left the UK after the plan was canceled last June by order of the European Court of Human Rights.
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